Chessopedia: Online Chess Encylopedia

Chess is a world-famous game played between two players using 32 pieces (16 each of two distinct colors) on a 64-square board of alternating colors (black and white, or, most commonly, light and dark).
The earliest known ancestor of modern chess ...
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Eugenio "Eugene" Torre, traditionally considered the strongest chess grandmaster the Philippines ever produced, was born in Iloilo City, Philippines on November 4, 1951. In 1974, the young Torre became Asia’s first grandmaste...
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, born October 21, 1990, is a French Grandmaster. In 2002, he was 2nd in the World Under-14 Championship. In 2005, he became a Grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 4 months, the 7th youngest GM in history and the 2nd young...
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Arthur W. Dake (1910-2000) became a bridge toll collector, then a highway auto controller, and finally an automobile inspector for the state of Oregon after serving in the merchant marines when he was 16. He learned how to play chess at...
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Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian child chess prodigy, was born Nov 30, 1990, and gained the Grandmaster title (2004) at the age of 13 years, 4 months and 27 days. He became the 2nd youngest GM in chess history, behind only Sergey Karjakin and Pari...
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One of the strongest chess tournaments of all time. It was called the Second International Chess Tournament and was the strongest chess tournament up to that time. The top 9 players in the world participated. It was won by Steini...
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The first national chess championship of the Philippines was held in 1947 and won by Horacio Tagle. The Philippine Chess Federation has a dress code for chessplayers. They have outlawed slippers, T-shirts, and vests in their chess events.&nb...
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Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934) was a German player who was one of the top 4 players in the world for 20 years. He had the lamest excuse in history for losing a world championship match. After losing to Lasker, he blamed his loss on the ...
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Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (von der Lasa) was born on October 17, 1818 in Berlin, Germany. He studied law in Berlin and Bonn, Germany.
In 1837, he was one of the seven co-founders of the Berlin Chess School (the Berlin Pleiades),...
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Sergey Karjaki is a Ukrainian Grandmaster, born in simferopol, Ukraine on January 12, 1990,later moved to russia. On August 20, 2002, at the age of 12 years and 7 months, he was the youngest grandmaster in history. He was the world champion ...
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